Posts Tagged ‘South Africa’

England's ineptness continues to astound and stupify me. A crushing scrum and backs who lit up the Premiership … and yet they get run to shreds by a mix-and-match team very few gave a chance. Se...
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From inside a host continent, there can never have been a greater sense of anticipation for the start of any World Cup. From outside, there has probably never been more trepidation but also intrigue. ...
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A clean sweep for the southern hemisphere teams this weekend? A rehearsal for potential World Cup 2011 quarter-finals? Maybe that's wishful thinking, or is it? Let's have a quick look at each of the f...
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Britain, as is the case with all nations, holds certain pieces of information to be true. They are the ideas and ideals by which we define ourselves. Foreigners, we all know, do not know how to queue....
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The South Africa team are taking an open-top bus trip round Johannesburg today as the anticipation ahead of Friday’s opening game with Mexico reaches almost hysterical levels. A lucky 90,000 fans, a...
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What a petty bunch the suits at Premier Rugby are. They've banned Butch James from playing for the Springboks against Wales on Saturday because it falls – by only TWO days – outside the ag...
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As Fabio Capello checks his hand-luggage and culls his spectacles collection for the final 23 pairs that will make the trip to South Africa, two things occur about the Italian’s reign. First, whatev...
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Four years ago people raised quizzical eyebrows at Theo Walcott's inclusion in England's World Cup squad. Today the same facial contortions are being made in some quarters at his ‘shock’ exclusion...
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Any chance of the Goalkeepers’ Union calling ‘everybody out’ in protest at the official World Cup ball that has left some of the planet’s greatest keepers’ predicting doom and gloom in South...
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